On 02/10/15 09:18, Thomas Voß wrote: > Now that would be somewhat alien. Developers aiming at mobile > platforms are already used to structure their > applications differently, precisely for integrating with execution > infrastructure and services offered by the respective > platforms. I don't think Ubuntu is (or even should be) different here.
I think there are three big use cases that need to be considered here: /1/ "simple" phone apps that fit well with the current lifecycle. /2/ general purpose programs that we hackers want to run on the phone. /3/ "harder" phone apps that need some background processing that may or may not be currently available. My specific interest in the Ubuntu phone is for /2/. It sounds like the plan is the controlled adding of services to support /3/ and that is good as far as it goes. But I'm not sure that path ever leads to support for what I want to do (e.g. if I start compiling code and switch to an editor, browser or email I don't want to have the compile suspended). Don't lose sight of the unique selling point that the phone can be a general purpose computer. -- Alan Griffiths +44 (0)798 9938 758 Octopull Ltd http://www.octopull.co.uk/ -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
